Install Samba Server # apt-get install samba. Install Samba Client # apt-get install samba-client. Configure the Samba daemon. Edit the Samba configuration file. # nano /etc/samba/smb.conf. In the global section, check the name of the workgroup. It might be useful to know it when you'll try to connect from a Windows machine: [global

Aug 08, 2017 · When Windows 10 was released, it seemingly broke the ability to easily connect to Linux Samba shares. Considering how many businesses rely on Samba for the sharing of folders, this was a bad move OK, found which Ubuntu service the workgroup name is coming from: nmbd - stopping nmbd makes the computer disappear from the list, and restarting it gave me the workgroup name I expected. I think the issue is solved. – j-g-faustus Jan 27 '11 at 22:49 Samba uses the hostname specified by the workgroup directive in the smb.conf file instead of it being stated explicitly. Domain Controller A domain controller in Windows NT is functionally similar to a Network Information Service (NIS) server in a Linux environment. Running a Samba server, I guess it is a good idea to require encryption and SMB3. So I tried setting these two options in /etc/samba/smb.conf (see documentation) in the [global] section: smb encrypt = mandatory min protocol = SMB3 Install Samba Server # apt-get install samba. Install Samba Client # apt-get install samba-client. Configure the Samba daemon. Edit the Samba configuration file. # nano /etc/samba/smb.conf. In the global section, check the name of the workgroup. It might be useful to know it when you'll try to connect from a Windows machine: [global

Jan 27, 2019 · Enter WORKGROUP\josh's password: Once you enter the password you will be logged into the Samba command line interface. Try "help" to get a list of possible commands. smb: \> Mounting the Samba share # To mount a Samba share on Linux first you need to instal the cifs-utils package. On Ubuntu and Debian run: sudo apt install cifs-utils

Install Samba Server # apt-get install samba. Install Samba Client # apt-get install samba-client. Configure the Samba daemon. Edit the Samba configuration file. # nano /etc/samba/smb.conf. In the global section, check the name of the workgroup. It might be useful to know it when you'll try to connect from a Windows machine: [global

Sep 12, 2017 · Samba is configured by editing the smb.conf file, which is generally located in /etc/samba/. There is usually a smb.conf.example file that is well commented and will help you on your way to configuring the server. Samba in a Workgroup. If your network is configured as a workgroup, adding a Samba server is pretty simple. Samba even lets you add features, such as user-level security and WINS, that would normally require an expensive Windows NT/2000 Server.